Finance Articles


Predator weighs up ITV

Home  Jun, 2006

Predator weighs up ITV - Private equity giant KKR, which is fronted by media chief Lord Hollick, is believed be plotting new bid for troubled broadcaster ITV BAE fury over Airbus sale - Investment bank Rothschild has been called mediate row over sale price of BAE Systems' 20% stake Airbus



Predator weighs up ITV  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
Private equity giant KKR, which is fronted by media chief Lord Hollick, is believed to be plotting a new bid for troubled broadcaster ITV
BAE fury over Airbus sale  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
Investment bank Rothschild has been called in to mediate in a row over the sale price of BAE Systems' 20% stake in Airbus
Market Report: Friday close  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
EasyJet shares were on the slide today as the budget airline's plan to fly to destinations outside the European Union hit turbulence
Macquarie set to spark bids battle for ABP  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
Australian bank Macquarie could table a bid for Associated British Ports as early as next week after spending the next few days studying the books
Chairman quits troubled Benjys  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
Sandwich firm Benjys has lost its chairman after Richard Raworth stepped down amid concerns over the future of the troubled business
Thames Water auction in doubt  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
A £7bn auction for Thames Water looks increasingly unlikely following a decision by Babcock & Brown to walk away from the bidding
Football factor lifts DSG  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
DSG International, the owner of Dixons and Currys, will report this week that World Cup fever kicked off a boom in sales of slimline TVs
BSkyB baulks at £600m AOL price-tage  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
BSkyB is understood to have balked at a £600m-plus price tag suggested by America's Time Warner for its internet provider AOL UK
Cash glut fuels inflation fears  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
Inflation fears could be stoked this week by official figures expected to show continuing rapid growth in the amount of money in the economy
Three-way tussle for hotel chain  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
Three potential bidders are circling the £800m De Vere hotels group, owner of London's Cavendish Hotel and operator of The Belfry golf course
Watchdog gets tough over fees  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
Lenders have been ordered by the FSA to justify big increases in mortgage exit fees that it considers possibly unfair
Gates to step down at Microsoft  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
Bill Gates is retiring as Microsoft boss in a major boardroom shake-up at the software giant that made him the world's richest man
Centrica power station plan  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
Gas group Centrica is to build the UK's first major power station for five years, in the latest attempt to alleviate a looming energy crisis
ABP opens books to Aussie rival bidder  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
A £2.6bn counter-bid aiming to scupper Goldman Sachs's agreed takeover of AB Ports could come as early as next week
Tullow celebrates new gas find  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
The exploration company says it has made a potentially 'significant' discovery in the North Sea
Amec warns on half-year figures  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
The conglomerate says it will refocus its UK contruction business after experiencing tough trading conditions
John Lewis World Cup blow  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
The retailer suffered the worst Saturday of the year at its stores as millions tuned in to England's opening game in Germany
Gambler's £158,000 loss on parents' cards  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
An internet gambling addict used his parents' credit cards to lose £158,000 in 50 minutes, a court heard yesterday
Few friends but Misys has allure  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's top stock-picker turns an eye to software group Misys and, in the light of the ABP saga, Forth Ports
Unlikely hero emerges in pensions battle  [06/18/2006 01:17 PM]
BAE has set a standard whereby the miserable fallout of the pensions crisis can be overcome